White House bans CNN reporter from press conference

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(07-27-2018, 01:55 PM)PhilHos Wrote: In the Supreme Court case of Lovell v City of Griffin, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes defined the press as "every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion." Restricitng one person and one person only from a news conferences is not restricting the "press". 

He doesn't define the press as that, he states that historically the press has included "every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion" in his argument that the press isn't limited to newspapers and periodicals, but also any sort of distributed media (pamphlets and leaflets too). 

He even cites one individual, Thomas Paine, and his use of pamphlets as an example of the press. 


http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/lovell.html


Edit: and of course arguing that freedom of the press doesn't cover individuals, only publications, then means that the right is not an inherent right of the people but a right that belongs to an inanimate object.